Wagon-brake.



Patented Unt. 3, |899.

n. A. mLTs. wAGoN BRAKE. (Application led July 30, 1898.)

(N0 Modal.)

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GEORGE VILLE, PENNSYLVANIA. i

WAGON-BRAKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part ofLetters Patent No. 634,400, dated October 3, 1899.

Application filed July 30,

To all who/it it may concernf:

Be it known that l, ROBERT ANDERSON DILTS, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Georgeville, in the county of Indiana and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful lagon-Brake, of whichV the following is a specification.

The invention relates lto improvements in wagon-brakes.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of wagon-brakes and to enable the connection between the operating-lever and the brake-beam to be readily separated when it is desired to remove the wagon-body and to dispense with the bolt and nut usually employed for effecting this result and to avoid any liability of losing parts of the connection,

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a wagon provided with a brake constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional Viewl taken longitudinally of the arm of the brake-shaft,illust1at ing the construction Aof the coupling. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the body portion of the arm. Fig. 4 is a similar View of the tubular section which forms a socket for th body portion of the arm. Y

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings. -f

l designates a brake-operating lever mounted upon a wagon-body 2 in the usual manner and connected by a rod Swith an upwardlyextending arm 4 of a transverse brake-shaft, which is connected with the brake-beam in the usual manner. The arm 4 of the brakeshaft is connected with the running-gear, and the connecting-rod 3 is carried by the wagonbody, and in order to enable the rear end of the said rod 3l to be detached from the arm 4 when the wagon-body is removed a tubular or socket member or section 5 is provided.

The tubular section 5 forms a socket for the upper portion of the arm 4, and it lits on the same,its lower'end abutting against a shoulder or stop 6 of lthe'arm, and the latter and serien No. 687,323. N0 model.)

the socket of the section 5 are preferably tapered slightly. The upper end of the section 5 is provided with a perforation for the reception of a bolt or rivet 7 for securing it to the rod 3, and the fastening device 7 is designed to be permanently connected with the section and the rod.

The tubular section or socket member is detachably secured to the arm 4 by means of a catch 8, secured to the exterior of the tubularsection or socket member and engaging a recess or opening 9-of the arm. The catch preferably consists of a resilient shank and a tapering projection or head l0, forming an upper shoulder and beveled at its lower edge to enable it to ride readily over the shoulder or stop 6 in assembling the parts. The lower end of the catch is provided with a ring l2, which may be readily grasped when it is desired to disengage the catch from the arm to permit the removal of the section 5 and thel consequent Yseparation of the rod 3 and the arm 4.

The invention has the following advantages: The coupling or connection between the rod 3 and the arm 4 enables the parts to be readily detached without removing a bolt when the wagbn-body is taken off of the running-gear. The operating mechanism, which is mounted on the wagon-body, remains on the same, and the brake mechanism, which is carried by the running-gear, is not removed therefrom, and when the parts are separated there is no liability of losing avbolt, nut, or other part. The catch, which is resilient, enables the rod 3 to be readily coupled to and uncoupled from the arm 4.

Changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificingany of the advantages of this invention,

lVliat is claimed isl. In a device of the class described, the combination of a connecting-rod, a brake-lever designed to be mounted on a wagon-body and connected with the front end of the rod, an arm designed to be carried by a brakeshaft, and a tubular section or socket member permanently pivoted to the rear end of the rod and receiving and detachably secured to the arm, substantially as described.

2. In a device of the class described, the

combination with a eonneetingrod, ofl an arm designed to be mounted on a brale-shaft and provided with a recess7 a tubular section er socket pivoted to the rod and fitting on the arm, and a catch mounted on the tubular seetion or socket and engaging the recess ofthe arm, substantially as described.

In a device of the class described, the combination with a rod, of an arm having a shoulder or stop and provided with a recess below the same, a socket or section pivoted to the rod and arranged on the arm and tting against the shoulder orstop, and a catch detachably locking the pivoted socket or seetion on the arm, substantially as described.

at. The combination with a vehicle having' a removable body, of a brake-shaft mountedon the running-gear, a brake-lever fuleru med on the body, a eonneetingrod extending rearwa rd from the brake-lever, an arm rigid with the brake-shaft and pivoted to the connecting-rod7 said arm being com posed of separable sections adapted to be uncoupled when the body is removed from the running-gear to permit such removal without necessitating the withdrawal of the pivot-pin of the connecting-rod, and a catch mounted on the arm and securing the sections thereof together, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of tvvo Witnesses.

ROBERT ANDERSON DILTS.

Witnesses:

JOHN G. MYERS, GYRUs M. WILSON. 

